High initial default in patients with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis at a regional hospital in Accra, Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 511-513

  Afutu, F K ^a   Zachariah, R ^b   Hinderaker, S G ^c   Ntoah Boadi, H ^d   Obeng, E Apori ^d   Bonsu, F Adae ^a   Harries, A D ^e  

^a Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Ghana; Initial defaulters; Laboratory register; TB; Treatment register

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84863570851     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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